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About Salapur Village

Salapur is a small village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 39 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.34 hectares hectares.

Salapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Wardha
Tehsil Samudrapur
Area (hectares) 280.34 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 39
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 795
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Salapur compares

By the 2011 count Salapur is the 140th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 280.34 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Salapur

The census records public bus service for Salapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Salapur from other places

Salapur lies about 32 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Sindi, about 4.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Salapur
Nearest railway station Sindi 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Samudrapur 17 km
Nearest town Hinganghāt 26 km
District headquarters Wardha 32 km

Villages closest to Salapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Samudrapur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Salapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Salapur village had a population of 70. That makes it the 140th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Salapur village has 39 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salapur has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Salapur covers 280.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Salapur falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Salapur is Sindi, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Salapur.

Salapur is about 32 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salapur is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Sindi is about 4.7 km away. Samudrapur is about 17 km away. Hinganghāt is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marda (1.7 km), Krishnapur (2.4 km) and Vikhani (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Salapur today is likely to be higher.

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